The Skoll Community in action

A global and interdisciplinary group of academics and practitioners working in social and environmental impact, the Skoll Centre community regularly publish research and learning materials that explore how impact is led, financed, measured, and scaled. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of independently developed resources that showcase the breadth of ideas shaping the field.

Recent highlights

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The Web of Us

The Web of Us explores the visible and invisible connections that shape our world. 

Hosted by Skoll Centre Visiting Fellow Claire Wathen, this podcast invites you to explore how networks show up across everything from our brains and natural systems to our communities and workplaces.

Listen to the podcast
Text reads: 'Systems Thinking for Impact Investing Playbook'.

Systems Thinking for Impact Investing

Skoll Centre Fellow, Karim Harji, has published the Systems Thinking for Impact Investing Playbook with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. 

The playbook is designed to equip investors—particularly foundations, family offices, and impact-oriented funds—with practical ways to integrate systems thinking across strategy, implementation, and impact measurement.

Read the playbook
The first page of Celia's article.

Can AI Help Reduce Inequalities?

In an opinion piece for Folha de S.Paulo, Skoll Centre Visiting Fellow Celia Cruz and Regina Magalhães, explore how AI could support NGOs and impact businesses to drive equity and systemic change — if used ethically and intentionally.

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2025

Text reads: 'Sudanese Labor Integration in Egypt.'

Sudanese Labor Integration in Egypt

Yousif Yahya
Skoll Scholar Yousif Yahya’s Savannah Innovation Labs, in collaboration with Entlaq Holding, have published a report mapping Sudanese refugees and migrants in Egypt’s labour market. Examining demographics, employment, and legal frameworks, the report is an essential baseline for shaping policies and programmes that can transform displacement from a humanitarian crisis into a pathway for inclusive growth.
The front page of 'Meta Economics: Generating Moral Economies.'

Generating Moral Economies

Jonathan F. P. Rose
Visiting Fellow and Executive-in-Residence, Jonathan F. P. Rose, has published a new research article for the International Review of Applied Economics (Taylor and Francis) on the urgent need to apply meta-economics, integrating economics with ethics, the social sciences and the natural sciences, such as planetary health, ecology, neuroscience and systems thinking.
The cover of Matthew's new book on a wooden table.

Communities, Mines, and Distributive Politics

Matthew Amengual
Skoll Centre Fellow, Matthew Amengual, has published ‘Communities, Mines, and Distributive Politics: Direct Contestation in the Andes’ with Oxford University Press. The book features detailed case studies of six mining conflicts in Bolivia and Peru, examining the conditions under which mining conflicts can lead to more inclusive and sustainable local development.